But that is not the talk of the NHL today. It was the trade between the New Jersey Devils and the Vancouver Canucks. As people know, the New Jersey Devils traded their 2013 first overall pick to the Canucks for Cory Schneider. Who won this trade? I’d say the Canucks. Dumps cap salary, still has a number one goalie, that’d work. But they also got Bo Horvot, A strong centre that plays for the London Knights in the OHL. Also on the lines of the Devils. The LA Kings traded their 7th rounder to the Devils, to pick Anthony Broduer. That has gotten my respect.

Back to the Oilers. They drafted Nurse today. I say this is a good move. Nichusikin was available for the taking, considering the Oilers also need a strong left wing. But the defence of the Oilers also needed some upgrade. And this is where Nurse came in. 6’3, 185 lbs. He may not be ready for the NHL next year (Hopefully he is!) but you’ve got Klefbom, and Belov on the point now. The defence is now taking a major upgrade. And this is good. This draft, it seemed the Oilers was building the 3rd and the 4th lines,

All players here except for Kyle Platzer are 6’0+. People like Yakimov, who was a great pick up this draft, he gets in the dirty areas, he can score, and his game is a power forward type of game. Slepyshev who I’ve never heard of, or seen his type of game, he’ll probably need time to develop, like everyone here. Except for maybe Nurse.

But a fourth line of:

Slepyshev-Yakimov-Muir

That’d be more down the road.

So what about now? The free agency is just around the corner, July 5th.